Joseph leach



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tntrdtatra @sind @Wire JOSE-PH LEAOH, OF NEW'HARMONY, INDIANA Letters Patent No. 110,148, dated December 13, 1870; vantedated December 6, 1870.

IMPR'OVEMENT iN COVERS. FOR TEA NQ CFFEE-CUPS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and malng part or' the same.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH LEACH, of New Har-v mony, in the count-y of'Posey, and in the State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cover for 'Iea and Coffee-Cups; `and do Yhereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and

Figure l is a perspective view of a cup with my cover on.

Figure 2 is a vertiear section of the cover.

A represents a te'acup,'upon which is placed the concave perforated cover B, provided with a ledge or rim, a, around its circumference.

The cover Baud rim a are eut out with' a semicircular opening, b, and a larger opening,d, as shown in fig. 1.

When dies become bad or pleut-y in the warm season they are very troublesome at the table, and a person sees and feels the want of a convenient cover for the cup to keep the dies from getting inthe tea or coffee. A ly often falls in the cup after' the beverage has been'poured out and sweetened ready for use 5 this then has to be thrown out, a total waste, and auother cnpful is poured out, which is subjected to the danger of being wasted, too. This, every one knows,

'is a very nasty annoyaneewhile at the table.

' By -the ue'of my invention the tea or lcoiee may be poured out, the A*teaspoon placed iu the cup as usual, and then the cover puton, when there will be no trouble with the ities dropping into the cup.v

Other covers are in use for other kinds of dishes used at the table, but nothing for this purpose. It is designed exclusively for tea and coffee-cups. It is so constructed that a person can easilyV remove it when necessary. r

'Ihe upper side is made concave, for the purpose of drinking without inconvenience or without moving the cover. It' made level, having no concave or dished form, it would be ditlicult to drin-k ont of the cup with the cover on, but this is overcome by its vconcave shape.

'Ihe small semieircular opening b on the right edge is to allow the teaspoon tol remain in the cup as usual. A

'Ihe other opening d on the front edge is for the purpose of drinking from the cup, or to pour out the tea or coffee without removing the cover.

The small ledge or rim a, extending partially round the cover, is to clamp the outerf surface of the cup.

andthe cover more firmly to its place.

Ihese covers can he 'nia-de ot' any kind ot' material, light shoot metal, wire, glass, or porcelain, as may be desired.

Having thus fully described my invention,

XVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As a new article of manufacture, the concave perforated cover B, provided with ledge or rim aand opeuingsb d, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth. y l

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set inyhand this 19th day of May, 1870.

' JOSEPH LEAOH.

Witnesses:

WM. T. COLLINS, JAMES RILEY GoLLIXs. 

